B-PC board approves amended budget with $300K gain

Christopher Ginn, Voice Correspondent

Tuesday

May 22, 2018 at 7:50 AM

BUSHNELL – Superintendent Kathy Dinger sought approval for an amended budget during a regular meeting of the Bushnell Prairie-City school board on Wednesday.Dinger said, “We’re required to post the amended budget for 30 days prior to a hearing in June.Any amended budget has to be submitted to the state board prior to the end of June.”The superintendent said the budget was amended because there had been a lot of influx and out flux of staff this year, and they’ve had a lot of “uncertainty with state funding. So, I felt it was important to do an amended budget.”“The amended budget,” Dinger said, “puts us in better shape overall by almost $300,000. It went in the right direction.”Following light discussion of the amended budget by board members, the Voice asked Dinger what the amended budget signified.Dinger said, “This is an amendment of the current fiscal year’s budget. With the uncertainty related to the new evidence-based funding model, I only had rough estimates for revenue on the original budget. The amended budget reflects those revenues more accurately. Revenue from grants that were not finalized were also not included in the original budget. Those were approved mid-year and so are now reflected in the final budget.”A motion to approve was made by Jonathon Miller and seconded by Mary Mendenhall. The amended budget was passed.

Reach Christopher Ginn by email at cginn@mcdonoughvoice.com.

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